Lot 26: Frederick Gordon Crosby (1885-1943) '1913 Grand Prix des Voiturettes, Boulogne',

Frederick Gordon Crosby (1885-1943) '1913 Grand Prix des Voiturettes, Boulogne',
unsigned, charcoal and watercolour artist's preliminary sketch on paper, with artist's hand-written title, 50 x 43cm, mounted, framed and glazed.

The VII Coupe des Voiturettes was run on the 21 September 1913 at Boulogne over 12 laps of a 51.983km circuit. The 623.8km was covered in a winning time of 6 hours 7 minutes and 40.8 seconds by Georges Boillot in a Peugeot carrying number 8. Car number 19, another Peugeot, finished second in 6 hours 16 minutes and 3.4 seconds, driven by Jules Goux, followed closely by Kenelm Lee Guinness in his Sunbeam, car number 23, in a time of 6 hours 18 minutes and 50.6 seconds.